| clay | |
| 1. n. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics. | |
| 2. n. An earth material with ductile qualities. | |
| 3. n. (tennis) A tennis court surface. | |
| The French Open is played on clay. | |
| 4. n. (biblical) The material of the human body. | |
| 5. n. (geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. | |
| 6. n. A clay pipe for smoking tobacco. | |
| 7. n. (firearms, informal) A clay pigeon. | |
| We went shooting clays at the weekend. | |
| 8. n. (informal) Land or territory of a country or other political region. | |
| Danzig is rightfully German clay. | |
| 9. v. To add clay to, to spread clay onto. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, of sugar) To purify using clay. | |
